Civil Municipal - Oct 2023

29 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 AMERICAN FORK , UTAH With several business attraction strategies in the works, American Fork is working hard to preserve its unique identity. “We love the idea of people who are rooted in our community. Those are the mom-and-pop businesses, those local family businesses. I’m a firm believer in those people being the backbone of your community,” O’Brien explains. The city takes pride in the fact that it has several major regional and national enterprises that also call American Fork home. These include supplement and nutrition companies Built Bar and Bucked Up, cosmetics and pharmaceutical manufacturer TCI Biotech, and Domo, an IT company. “These businesses are welcomed here, and they kind of get ingrained in the community. We’re always about supporting the small and local businesses, but we are always trying to attract bigger businesses as well,” he acknowledges. “Not everyone can work for the small local mom-and-pop business, but they do want to have something unique within their community. We’ve got some huge players in the city that you won’t find in neighboring communities.” Diverse Housing for Every Stage of Life American Fork offers a wide range of housing options, catering to various stages of life. This diverse inventory includes single-family homes with generous lots, compact single-family residences, denser suburban-style communities, townhomes, and apartment buildings. The city carefully plans the distribution of these housing types, strategically placing them near significant retail and commercial centers as well as transportation networks. “We think we’ve done a fantastic job at ensuring that we build the right things in the right places. We don’t want to build density far away from being able to get people out to their commute in the mornings, or far away from the public transportation network. So, we have that